Harry Estrada

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	12 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.33
Year Crime:	1993
Year Convicted:	2010
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Trinidad and Tobago
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City of Crime:	Port-of-Spain
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Harry Estrada was convicted in the Port-of-Spain High Court, and on July 5, 2010, was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment on charges of robbery with aggravation and robbery with violence. He was charged with robbing the Young family in Barataria of several electronic items and the sum of $500 was taken from the handbag of one of the occupants of the home. The incident was alleged to have occurred on June 19, 1993. Estrada testified that on the night of the alleged incident, he had gone to a party in South Oropouche. His girlfriend had testified that he was so drunk that he had a hangover the next day. On October 21, 2010, the Trinidad & Tobago's Court of Appeal overturned Estrada's conviction on the ground that his trial counsel had not presented 'good character' evidence to the jury. The Court ruled that was especially prejudicial because the prosecution had presented 'bad character' evidence. The Court ruled that because the incident had happened 17 years earlier that Estrada would not be retried."
Conviction Caused By:	"Ineffective assistance of counsel for the failure to present "good character" evidence to counter the prosecution's 'bad character' evidence."
Innocence Proved By:	"On October 21, 2010, the Trinidad & Tobago's Court of Appeal overturned Estrada's conviction and ruled that Estrada would not be retried."
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Information Source 1:	"Appeal Court quashes 12-year jail sentence, By Indarjit Seuraj (staff), The Trinidad Guardian, October 22, 2010"
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Harry Estrada

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

12 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.33

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Trinidad and Tobago

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Port-of-Spain

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Ineffective assistance of counsel for the failure to present "good character" evidence to counter the prosecution's 'bad character' evidence."

Innocence Proved By:

"On October 21, 2010, the Trinidad & Tobago's Court of Appeal overturned Estrada's conviction and ruled that Estrada would not be retried."

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Male

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"Appeal Court quashes 12-year jail sentence, By Indarjit Seuraj (staff), The Trinidad Guardian, October 22, 2010"

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http://guardian.co.tt/news/crime/2010/10/22/appeal-court-quashes-12-year-jail-sentence

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